Endoscopic and microscopic extended subfrontal approach to the clivus: A comparative anatomical study

Skull Base

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Mortini, Pietro ^a   Roberti, Fabio ^b   Kalavakonda, Chandrasekar ^b   Nadel, Amal ^b   Sekhar, Laligam N ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Mid Atlantic Brain Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Clivus; Endoscopy; Microsurgery; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0242288686     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43324-1     Document Type: Article

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